Apple Inc on Tuesday cut the price on its entry-level notebook computer to $999 in a move expected to attract budget-minded buyers at a time when recession fears loom over the global economy.

European stock markets enjoyed their second straight day of solid gains Tuesday following a record rise in Japan, while Wall Street forged higher on the U.S. government's plan to pump $250 billion into banks and shore up the country's financial system.

Oil prices fell below the $90-a-barrel level Wednesday after the government reported a sharp increase in the nation's supplies of crude and gasoline, in another sign that demand for energy remains weak.

Stocks tumbled and credit markets remained tight Thursday after plunging factor orders and a seven-year high in jobless claims stoked fears that the government's financial rescue plan might not be enough to ward off a recession.

The misery worsened on Wall Street Tuesday, with stocks piling on losses late in the session and bringing the two-day decline in the Dow Jones industrials to more than 875 points amid escalating worries about credit markets and the financial sector.

Williams Partners LP, which owns natural gas sector properties, said Friday it still expects damage to the Discovery natural gas system following Hurricane Ike in the Gulf of Mexico to drag down profits by $6 million to $10 million in the third quarter.

LINTHICUM HEIGHTS, Md.----Foundation Coal Holdings, Inc. today announced that the company plans to report its third quarter 2008 results before the market opens on Wednesday, October 22, 2008.

Investor concerns that the U.S. credit crisis was enveloping the globe and will hurt demand for crude drove oil prices down Wednesday.

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Oil fell more than $4 toward $94 a barrel on Thursday, as the U.S. dollar rose and as the U.S. Senate's approval of a $700 billion bailout of the financial sector failed to allay concerns over weakening fuel demand in the world's top energy consumer.

PITTSBURGH----Allegheny Technologies Incorporated's next-generation ATI 500-MIL™ armor steel has been selected for an armored situational awareness kit on the U.S. Army's Stryker Light Armored Vehicles, marking the first major legacy-vehicle military application for this newly developed specialty metal.

RADNOR, Pa.----Penn Virginia Corporation today announced record levels of quarterly production and provided an update of its oil and gas operational activities, including third quarter 2008 operational results and full-year 2008 guidance.

Oil steadied on Tuesday as concerns the global economy could slip into recession and drag down demand outweighed optimism over the bank bailout plans.

Wall Street traded lower Tuesday as investors were pleased with the government's plans to spend $250 billion to buy stock in private banks but still collected profits from the previous day's massive advance.

Investor concerns that the U.S. credit crisis was enveloping the globe and will hurt demand for crude drove oil prices down Wednesday.

The damage from China's reliance on cheap coal to fuel its economy amounted to 7.1 percent of its gross domestic product last year due to pollution and an overregulated market, according to a report released Monday by an environmental group.

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Oil prices were wavering near $98 a barrel Thursday as expectations the U.S. Congress will pass a revised $700 billion financial industry bailout this week battled to overcome concerns over slowing demand for crude in the world's biggest economy.

Shares of SandRidge Energy Inc. dropped Thursday after the company said it would slash its 2009 capital expenditures to $1 billion from a previously planned $2 billion, citing recent drops in natural gas prices.